And fast-forwarding to the Web of today:
TimBL> The semantics of the hash sign are defined web-wide
TimBL> to mean that "a#b" can be used to denote whatever is denoted by "b" in
TimBL> the document denoted by "a".
transmutes into
A#B means pass B as an argument into whatever A returns ---
this is how many AJAX-powered Web applications extend the meaning
of '#'. One could squint at this and pretend that the earlier
behavior that Tim describes
fits into this new model by saying:
"Just believe that HTML pages with no script in them --- or
alternatively, HTML pages that didn't have a script in them that
consumed 'B' behave "as if there were a onLoad document handler
that put focus on B".
But I believe that interpretation is a mistake, because it goes
down the rat-hole of describing the meaning of content in terms
of user-agent vehavior.
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--raman
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